The Armour Archive

Sasha_Khan

This one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Indo-Persia ... 41505e773e

Sasha_Khan

One of the benefits of living in coastal California (North or South) is that even supermarket deli sushi is pretty good.

When you make it to SoCal, I'm taking you for Mexican seafood.

Sasha_Khan

While playing at 30 Year, I was very impressed with Syr Blackhand's tennis ball launching crossbows and bow. While the projectiles (an unmodified tennis ball) don't LOOK like a bolt or arrow, their trajectory was very much like them - flat trajectory, hit with authority, didn't sting too badly when ...

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Very nice!

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Tasha, wait 'til you see his civilian kit...

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Derian is a coiner of some talent, and has gotten a few folks going here in Caid.

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arabwarrior1190 - Ahlan wu sahlan, ahlan, ahlan!

I think you'll find there's a wealth of information to be had here - and some good and not-so-good debate in the Political Forum

Sasha Khan

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Brother Symon wrote:And welcome to the archive!

(Dirty saracen pig-dog!)

Hey, now!

Does this mean we're not best frenemies now, Symon Bey?

Sasha_Khan

There is only the final 'g' in 'whining' Unless you live in the UK, or Canada, or New Zealand, or South Africa, or Australia... Don't lump Canada in with that weirdness! Sorry, Toshido-dono, but I have heard it often enough from nearly all sections of your fine country (except for the Newfies I kno...

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Baron Eirik wrote:There is only the final 'g' in 'whining'

Unless you live in the UK, or Canada, or New Zealand, or South Africa, or Australia...

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audax wrote:Homer Simpson's Guatemalan Insanity Pepper hallucinations?

If one of Kass and Brewer's greyhounds starts talking in Johnny Cash's voice, I'll think the peppers are too strong...

Sasha_Khan

Your Grace:

While I do feel that the combat is intended to be honourable, there have been opponents I have have drawn in the lists that were lacking in honour, and I have withdrawn from the field - taking a loss - rather than comport with those who feel than honour is secondary.

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How'd it work for cutting? How stiff is the blade? I've been thinking of getting one of these to modify into a 13th century style with appropriate hardware exchange and a new scabbard... -Gregory A 13th C style what? This is pretty apropos for late 15th-16th C Turco-Persian, and possibly later Mugh...

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Cold Steel shamshir is pretty rocking. Yeah, a friend has one, and I've done some cutting with it - the owner does iaido, and we were playing with sharp toys. It would be for taking to events, as the various weapons in my collection don't leave the house, as I wouldn't be overly sad if this should ...

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aidanhroarsson wrote:check this link out... see if this helps....

http://www.kultofathena.com/swords-arab.asp

The only sword there worth even considering is the Cold Steel shamshir - that's not a bad price, either.

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Sorry to say, but he owes armour to a few of my friends as well. One of them is already two years past his delivery date.

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No mockery from me, but a warning:

Brass, and more importantly, bronze prices have been obscenely high the last few years, and bronze has been hard to come by...

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Wow.

That was amazingly condescending. Enough so that after several hours, I was compelled to mention it.

CHACHING!

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Outstanding!

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He a Ballchinian!

Nice - I really like the tusks!

Sasha_Khan

Rana wrote:
OK. If I ever get to meet any of you wearing my cotehardie(s)...

Oh.

My.

Sasha_Khan

Is that for Li, The Hero of China?

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I would hate to see the venue change. While I get what other people said when they mentioned some place nicer or more visible what screams through my brain when I think about that is that they don't get it . It's supposed to be an experience. We can go just camping any time. Just like people wearin...

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I may be interested as well

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We ALWAYS hear stories of Antooha (or however it is spelled) around the Shire, and we always visit some of Sir Dougal's friends from the old warband at Estrella or when we head to Caid. It is always an adventure trying to track down Sheridan (Stratocles? Spartacus?) in a foreign camp while a bit dr...

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Isabella E wrote:The guys with the crazy orange and green pants?

Oh, nooooo! The secret is out!

Ahem. Yes. The guys with the orange and green CHECKY pants.

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Malcolmthebold wrote:
Sasha_Khan wrote:Doughal! Next time you see him, tell him Sasha said 'hey!' (and punch him in the arm for me...)

should i tell him which Sasha says hello?

San Diego Sasha - we were in the same house/warband about a million years ago...

Sasha_Khan

Doughal! Next time you see him, tell him Sasha said 'hey!' (and punch him in the arm for me...)

Sasha_Khan

I used a chest chain to secure a secondary weapon - in my case, it was a 26 inch short sword, carried in a scabbard at my hip. This worked very well for me, as I was almost exclusively fighting with glaive and 18 inch buckler at wars - and if things got too packed, I could toss the glaive and go to ...

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One of the guys in my Roman unit just started cross-dressing in a Napoleonic Brit unit.

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You could always do some period appropriate finish work - something I don't see very often, as most lace it together into the Lowest Common Denominator suit and go play in it...

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I have handled this piece myself, and the pics don't do it justice - it is a peach!

Somebody needs to snap it up!

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Love the helmet.

Just to be pedantic, though, what you have wrapped around the helmet (the torse) isn't a turban - a turban is a pretty specific piece of headgear, details vary by time, place, region, social standing, and a variety of factors.

Do like the helmet (enough to mention that twice

)

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Ezarc bey - I think that adjusting the size of your kalkan to your height is the appropriate response (I've done it myself, being the same height as you), and I for one applaud your efforts at doing a good, solid historical portrayal within the SCA game. Of course, I may be a bit biased... Iskander,...

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Likewise

Re: Frikken e-holes!